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Itbitc flarade ' 'f Continued From Page 3 community is something special. Now Mrs. Vaughan and her co workers have documented it for the judges. If you want to see for yourself, or just get a little reassurance that it all ain’t bad, go to the Municipal Building at 2 P.M. today (Thursday). We do live in a community of excellence. Now we just need the impartial designation. Our New Judge We want to compliment Gov. James B. Hunt, Jr., on his selection of J. Richard Parker as the new District Court Judge along the Public Parade and North eastern North Carolina. By the same token, we want to com pliment Dick Parker on his selection for the new created post. The First Judicial District, composed of seven counties, has long needed a third judge. Primarily, civil cases have been delayed because judges were so busy with criminal matters that it was difficult to schedule civil terms. In Chowan County, for example, cases have been delayed as much as four years while the judges and attorneys could come together for trial. Among our duties along the Public Parade is that of court reporter. We have seen good judges and bad judges; good prosecutors and bad prosecutors; good defense attorneys and bad defense attorneys. Among the “goods” we would schedule Dick Parker. At a tender 31-years-of-age Dick Parker is one of the most seasoned attorneys we have known. Gov. Hunt considered him to be “of age” and we agree. The newly appointed judge has an enviable balance between youth and its counterpart to administer justice evenly. Dist. Atty. Thomas Watts has been fortunate to attract good men to his staff. Dick Parker is one of them. As he moves up to the bench, we predict he will rival retired Judge Walter Cahoon and Judge Herbert Small in development of a reputation of a hardline prosecutor who doesn’t let the robe of authority warp him. As a jurist, Dick Parker has his work cut out of him. We have the fullest confidence that he is man enough to bow up to the assign ment. Double Duty State Sen. Melvin R. Daniels, Jr., of Pasquotank, is being loaded up wit assignments related to the fishing industry. First, Lt. Gov. Jimmy Green appointed him to the N. C. Seafood Industrial Park Authority. Now, at the suggestion of Gov. James B. Hunt, Jr., the U. S. Secretary of Commerce has named him to the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council. Sen. Daniels is also a member of the N. C. Marine Science Council. The N. C Seafood Industrial Park Authority is a replacement for the Wanchese Harbor Com mission, chaired by C. A. Phillips of Chowan County. Since the authority was established by the 1979 General Assembly and moved from the Department of Natural Resources & Community Development to the Department of Commerce, it is doubtful that Mr. Phillips will retain his gavel. The principal function of the authority is to oversee develop ment of the Wanchese Harbor Project, an SB-million develop ment funded through local, state and federal sources. The South Atlantic Fishery The Chowan Herald <usps kk-mo) P O Box 207. Edemon, N C 27932 Published ever* Thursday al Edenlon by The Chowan Herald. Inc., L. F. Amburn, Jr., president and general manager. 42 ) 425 South Broad Street, Edenton, North Carolina. 27932. Entered as second class matter August 30, 1934, at the Post Office of Edenton, North Carolina, under Act of March 3. 1870. L. F Amburn, Jr Editor £ Publisher J Edwin Butllap E N Manning R. Flynn Surratt Editor Emeritus General Superintendent Advertising Director Subscription Rates One rear (outside N C I S9.OQ One Year lm NCI M. 32 Six Months (outside N C ) IS. JO Sir V'.nths '*nN f. #. *5.00 ~ North Carolina, Thursday, August 16,1979 , I, ■■•'"'■ln* jIJSe* 4 ji ’ NOMINATED FOR NATIONAL REGISTER The latest Edenton building to be nominated for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places is the Peanut Factory on East Church Street. Nominated To Register RALEIGH - The Peanut Factory in Edenton has been nominated for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places by Larry E. Tise, state historic preservation officer. The register is described as a national list of distinctive properties worthy of preservation because of their historical or other cultural value. The Edenton Peanut Factory, consisting of a core building and attendant storage warehouse, was built about 1909 on the eastern outskirts of Edenton. The factory was an important factor in the AFP Moves Headquarters The Alliance For Progress, Inc., a six-county education con sortium, has moved from Powellsville to the Mars Hill School Building at Trap, in Bertie County. AFP serves Bertie, Chowan, Gates, Hertford, Martin and Perquimans counties and has a diversified project portfolio. Richard W. Baker, Jr., is director. Baker this week reported the following activities since the May 30 board meeting: The Data Processing Center operation is on target. Projected revenues and demand for services is running ahead of schedule. The International Transactions Committee is active and the momentum is growing for the concept. This cencept also has Gov. James Hunt’s endorsement. Mrs. Rachel Pittman, an economist, farmer and businesswoman of Ahoskie, has recently joined the staff. She has taught economics at Wake Forest and Chowan College for several years. Connie Holt from Albemarle has Management Council is respon sible for preparing Fishery Management Plans for species within the 200-mile limit of water: of North and South Carolina, Georgia, and the east coast of Florida. Sen. Daniels, a native Wan cheser, has been given double duty. So long as he sticks to fishing and banking-and not carpentry he might be able to adequately fill the positions. area’s peanut industry, which dominated the economy in the early 20th Century. The building is one of the finest examples of factory construction in Eastern North Carolina. The nomination was submitted in connection with the Division of Archives and History’s long range program to identify and document historic properties in North Carolina. Approval of the nomination by the Department of the Interior usually takes about six months and will be announced through the state’s congressional delegation. replaced Mrs. Gaynor Jordan as director of Access to Mainstream Outreach. She has a strong educational background and has experiences which qualifies her for this position. Elizabeth Roberson, director of the Experiential Education Project, will be leaving soon with approximately 20 teachers from the six counties to participate in a two-week Experiential Education workshop at Appalachian State University in Boone. Bill Roberts, urban and rural planner, has been employed by the N. C. Department of Natural Resources and Community Development, to help launch the Albemarle Basin Project. He will be in the area within three weeks and will be visiting several members of the board concerning start-up of this project. The scheduled charade, or group get together, has now been delayed until sometime in September. Chowan River First Designated Nutrient Sensitive RALEIGH The Chowan River has become the first waterway in North Carolina to be designated at nutrient sensitive. This will permit the state greater regulation over discharge permits for industries and municipalities. The river is still experiencing a severe algae blown, said by some to be as bad as last year. Pete Whitley of Murfreesboro, chairman of the State En vironmental Management Commission which made the designation, said the decision is subject to review at the option of the commission. Whitley also pointed out Friday that there is an algae bloom at Hare’s Mill, south of CF In dustries. He also expressed the opinion that Union-Camp in Franklin, Va., which discharges into the Blackwater River which flows into the Chowan, “doesn’t contribute significantly to the problem.” School Board Seeks Funds Continued From Page 3 to employ the services of a music teacher for students at Chowan and White Oak schools this fall. If they cannot supply a full 18,000, the county commissioners will match only the amount which the School Board is able to supply toward the salary of a cultural arts teacher, whose services would be divided between these two schools. A motion to this effect by Commissioner J. D. Peele, seconded by Commissioner George Jones and unanimously approved, proved to be a disap pointment to school board members at an emergency meeting this past Friday. In at tendance and equally disappointed were students, parents and faculty members from all segments of the county. If no matching money can be found by the board of education, Chowan and White Oak students will not have any formal cultural arts program next year, unless funds are solicited and received from the general public to pay for these services. This was the dilemma facing both boards during the joint meeting requested by the school board as it entreated the com missioners “to help in solving the problem.” The educational body at the meeting originally requested $32,000 from local funds to employ a music and an art teacher, with services to be divided between the two schools. This failing, the request was made for $16,000 to employ a music teacher only. Resulting from public pressures at its August meeting, a school board motion was subsequently effected to override the ad ministrative personnel reassignment of Mrs. Shelby Strother, Holmes music teacher as part-time teacher at Holmes and at Chowan during this interim year prior to consolidation. This action left Chowan High without benefit of any cultural arts program for the coming year. Due to recent General Assembly legislation JWhieh; DF.' Dunn plained, changed the formula for allotting State paid teaching positions to school systems, Edenton-Chowan has lost five and one-half teaching positions. This information was not confirmed until July 15 and after the school board’s ’79-’BO regular budget had been approved and settled. Dr. Dunn expressed surprise at the Morris Accepts Board Position The Department of Social Services has announced that Sammy Morris, Route 1, Edenton, has been appointed to service a three-year term on the Chowan County Board of Social Services. His appointment by the existing board is the replacement for J. Clarence Leary, Jr., who served on the board from July 1,1973 thru June 30,1979, and was not eligible for reappointment. Mrs. Mary G. Horton was elected to serve as chairman of the board for the year July 1, thru June 30, 1980. The law provides that the board shall elect a chairman each year at the July meeting. North Carolina law states that every county shall have a board of social services which shall establish county policies for die programs in conformity with the rules and regulations of the Social Services Commission and under the supervision of the Department of Human Resources. The board consist of three members, one member appointed by the Board of County Commissioners, one member by the Social Services Commission and one member by the existing board members. Duties and responsibilities of the board include selecting the county director of social services, con sulting with die director about problems relating to the office, assisting the director in planning budgets for the department and presenting the budgets to the board of oounty commissioners and other such duties as assigned by the General Assembly, Social of County Commissioners. system’s large unexpected loss and stated that not anticipating such, no additional hinds had been requested in an already trimmed down budget. Expressing sympathy with the school board’s plight, Chairman C. A. Phillips felt that the com missioners would “seek some solution to the problem” and in his opinion “to provide some cultural arts to the Crossroads students.” In prefacing his remarks, Phillips stated that the “county budget has also already been made and would have problems finding the ad ditional SB,OOO just as would the school board, since they are already committed to providing services to other county areas.” Several commissioners questioned the inequality of not providing some cultural arts for students in the northern aid of the county. Cecil Fry, school board member, opinioned the point that to split a teaching position to provide token services for one year would destroy a good program at Holmes and that the board’s latest rescending motion was not intended to take away from Chowan. Fry also pointed out that this problem might not have risoi had consolidation occurred long ago. In open discussion the com- Blair Facing Court Action Continued From Page 3 opened it in violation of the law. The plaintiffs learned that the body had not been properly em balmed, was placed in a casket which did not resist the dements and in a vault which did not provide secure interment for the casket. Furthermore, the complaint reads, the vault was not the one U.S. 17 Continued From Page 3 Transportation. “We are charged up on this (highway improvement . program>and I believe we can get 17 fom'-laned,” I he added. “We will wait no longer for it to be improved,” declared Robert W. Moore, executive of Edenton- Chowan Chamber of Commerce whidi hosted the area meeting at Edenton Jaycee Community Building. Page stated, as he did in New Bern, that politics [day an im portant role in highway development. “Everyone involved in politics must get involved,” he declared. “If Jim Hunt could hear me tonight he’d get the message.” The speaker said the work has to be d<me because “we demand it” and while it may take $60,000 over a five-year period to mount a successful campaign that too can be done. He called Highway 17 a “great highway that must be rebuilt to meet the needs of today and unite Eastern North Carolina from Virginia to South Carolina. Rep. Vernon James of Pasquotank was in attendance but did not speak. Tom Campbell, Elizabeth Gty radio executive, presided at the rally. The speaker was introduced by Mayor Bill Cox of Hertford. Campbell, Cox and Moore were on the planning committee for the rally. A third rally is being planned later in the Wilmington area. Pot Grower Is Arrested A Perquimans County man has been charged with growing marijuana in a case broken by Sheriff Troy Toppin of Chowan County. Stanley Pasiecynik, Jr., of Belvidere, is the defendant Sheriff Toppin was in the area Sunday afternoon when he noticed a suspicious vehicle on the Perquimans County side of the rood. He notified Deputy Walter Harrison and they went to Pasiecynik’s home where he was seen setting out marijuana plants. The officers found 12 - plants which had been transplanted and two more in the trunk of a car. The plants ranged in sire from one to three feet. missioners agreed that they should not bear the whole burden and that the school board should also search its budget to come up with matching funds. Phillips explained that the county has “no reserve, but a little contingency fund that is under attack every minute, as it is this morning.” Chairman Jordan rebuttled that “the school board has no con tingency fund and every dollar has already been budgeted.” “The only way is that we would have to rob something already budgeted as a necessity,” in Jordan’s opinion. Chairman Jordan was un successful in getting the county board to commit the SB,OOO without assurance of matching funds from the schools, only a commitment to match whatever the school board could come up with. In the meantime course scheduling for 900 students hangs in the balance, with school opening two weeks away. In view of the commissioners’ decision, Supt. Dunn stated that the Board of Education will have to reconsider its budget to see what it can do. He noted that “It’s the board’s budget, and they could re-evaluate and delete any items it wanted.” agreed upon in the contract but was the bottom half of “an inferior vault constructed by another company and capped by a homemade cover locally produced.” On May 11, 1978, the body was buried in the same casket and in a vault constructed locally, it is alleged, and the grave was left open until May 17. Two days later the grave was closed in the same casket but in a Wilbert vault. The plaintiffs seek $5,422.74 compensatory damages; SIOO,OOO for mental anguish; and $50,000 in punitive damages. Heads Hospital Continued From Page 3 which will be a real asset to Chowan Hospital." As assistant administrator at Brookwood Medical Center in Birmingham, Ala., Henson worked with departments in cluding surgery, cardiopulmonary services, physical therapy, pur chasing, central supply, phar macy, anesthesia, and others. He also worked with various construction planning projects at Brookwood Medical Center and recently has served as interim hospital director in other Brook wood managed hospitals. He worked previously as assistant administrator for operations of Pineview Hospital in Hartselle, Ala. He was responsible for a number of different depart ments there, and coordinated preparation of surveys for the hospital by Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals, the survey which is a close review of all hospital policies, procedures and programs by the major standard setting group for hospitals in the United States. While completing his MHA degree at Duke, Henson worked in two North Carolina hospitals - Nash General in Rocky Mount, and Manorial Mission Hospital in Asheville. Henson also has a masters in business administration from the University of Maryland with a major area of concentration in the area of Financial Management. He was nominated to BETA GAMMA SIGMA, a national honorary business administration organization. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Maryland, majoring in psychology. Henson and. his wife will move to the Edenton area in the near future. “Hs that knows noth in* doxbt^nothlng."
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